Pliskova makes it 11 consecutive wins, moving into last 16 at Dubai

Karolina Pliskova advanced to the last 16 of the Dubai Open by edging out American wildcard Ashlyn Krueger 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday evening. The former world No 1 has now won 11 consecutive matches, dating back to the start of her title run at Cluj-Napoca two weeks ago. Last week Pliskova reached the semi-finals in Doha, but had to pull out due to injury.

Pliskova, ranked No 36, will play the winner of the match between American Coco Gauff, the No 3 seed, and Italian lucky loser Elisabetta Cocciaretto next.

Karolina Pliskova won against Chinese wildcard Shuai Zhang (6-3, 7-5) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Dubai tournament, Krueger, ranked No 76, beat Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 16 seed (3-6, 6-3, 6-3).

Dubai WTA 1000, other second-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• Coco Gauff vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto: tuesday
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-4, 6-4
• Qinwen Zheng (6) beat Nao Hibino (Q): 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
• Elena Rybakina (4) beat Victoria Azarenka: 4-6, 6-2 ret.
• Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Lulu Sun (WC): 6-4, 6-3
• Anastasia Potapova beat Lucia Bronzetti (LL): 6-0, 6-3
• Elina Svitolina (15) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-3, 6-3
• Sorana Cirstea beat Veronika Kudermetova (13): 6-1, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya (Q) beat Cristina Bucsa (LL): 6-3, 6-4
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Donna Vekic beat Aryna Sabalenka (2): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-0
• Magdalena Frech (Q) beat Petra Martic: 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
• Marketa Vondrousova (7) beat Peyton Stearns: 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
• Jasmine Paolini beat Leylah Fernandez: 6-3, 6-4
• Maria Sakkari (8) beat Emma Navarro: 6-2, 6-4